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Christology and the Christian Life

Journal of Moral Theology, 2013
Pulling pre-Vatican II moral theology out of its "crisis" is no easy task: a moral theology rooted in dry manuals, a negative, law-based approach focusing on sin rather than virtue, centered on priests in the confessional could no longer be sustained ...
Paul J. Wadell
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Introduction: Complex Situations

Journal of Moral Theology
The articles in the July 2024 issue of the _Journal of Moral Theology_ bring to the fore a series of anomalies for Catholic moral theology or, as one might call them, complex situations.
M. Therese Lysaught
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On Schopenhauer's Debt to Spinoza1

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Schopenhauer offers ‘nature is not divine but demonic’ as a direct rebuttal of Spinoza's pantheism, his identification of ‘nature’ with ‘God’. And so, one would think, he ought to have been immune to the ‘Spinozism’ that became, as Heine called it, ‘the unofficial religion’ of the age.
Julian Young
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The Pastoral Conversion of Moral Theology and "The Perspective of the Acting Person" in Veritatis Splendor

Journal of Moral Theology
This article considers the Second Vatican Council’s trajectory of pastoral renewal in the church, specifically in its application to moral theology. In particular, Part I summarizes Pope Francis’s reflections on moral theology throughout the first 11 ...
Matthew Kuhner
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Seeds for an Encounter Ethics: The Fruit of Reading Veritatis Splendor Beyond a Post-Conciliar Binary Narrative

Journal of Moral Theology
Two of the more recent methodological narratives about twentieth-century moral theology, written by James Keenan and Matthew Levering, argue that an intractable methodological division over law and conscience emerges in the wake of Vatican II.
Catherine Moon
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract The paper examines the significance of translating sanctuary in an officially bilingual (and multilingual in practice) national polity. By examining the different meanings of the translation of 'sanctuary' into ‘lloches’ and ‘noddfa’ in Welsh, we outline the different openings for more nuanced understandings of ‘host’/‘guest’ relations ...
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Rhys Dafydd Jones
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Review Essay: Locating the Church in the World: Ethnography, Christian Ethics, and the Global Church

Journal of Moral Theology, 2013
Two important church-and-the-world Catholic theological emphases have recently arisen: firstly, how ethnographic research affects moral theology and ecclesiology, and secondly, moral theology being done consciously within the “world church” context. Both
Christopher P. Vogt
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HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper innovatively connects the Eucharist, which is usually considered to be in the domain of theology, with the concept of personality‐growth—the idea that a person’s personality can get better—which is usually considered to be in the domain of experimental psychology.
Buki Fatona
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